McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Funds

     The McIntire-Stennis Act (PL 87-788) provides for an annual allocation of funds through CSREES for support of research related to forestry, including urban, problems. The basic purpose of the Act is to "establish research in forestry as a definite and specific part of the agricultural research programs carried out cooperatively by USDA and the land-grant colleges." The Act more specifically defines forestry research as including "investigations relating to:

• Reforestation and management of land for production of timber and related products of the forest, management of forest and related watershed lands to improve conditions of waterflow and protect resources against floods and erosions;
• Management of forest and related rangeland for domestic livestock and game and improvement of food and habitat for wildlife;
• Protection of forest land and resources;
• Utilization of wood and other forest products;
• And such other studies as may be necessary to obtain the fullest and most effective use of forest resources."

     Considering these research goals, McIntire-Stennis funds will be allocated based on the same policies used for Hatch funds. Therefore, please refer to Hatch Regular Funds for guidelines and required document forms.